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Intel China Releases New Microchip for Handheld Wireless Devices
16:30 PM GMT on Mar 05, 2002
[Interfax Information Services, B.V.]


Yang Xu, the general manager, of Intel China has announced that the company will begin issuing microprocessors for wireless communication equipment.

The new-type processor uses Intel's XScale technology, and will be used in multimedia cell-phones, and PDA handheld computers. These and other wireless Internet products it is hoped will drive the market for new wireless devices and applications using the chips.

Intel's PXA 250 runs at up to 400 MHzs, the PXA 210 at 200 MHzs, and are low-energy consuming, reported Beijing Qingnian bao.

Yang expressed: "The new chips will bring more excellent performance to wireless handheld devices that need to carry out a large amount of data processing." Yang predicts that the trend for handheld devices is moving towards a greater need for sound and data, and is a great market opportunity for Intel.


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